Vanessa Robson Therapy- Brooklin's Child and Family Therapist

MY 13-year-old DAUGHTER'S REVIEW of VANESSA, after being almost 100% cured of Pure Thought OCD / Anxiety
"Instantly when I walked into Vanessa's office, she gave me this feeling that everything was going to work out.
Right away I liked her because she didn't talk down to me, the way other grownups talk to kids. I was ten in the first session.
She's helped me a lot. My anxiety is a lot less than it was when I first went to her. I got over anxiety almost completely, and it keeps becoming less and less.
She helped me see that anxiety is not a part of me. I can get rid of it. It's not permanently built into me.
She's given me the strength to stop doing all the rituals.
Every time I talk with Vanessa, it gives me more hope.
I feel like I can talk to Vanessa because I know she's not going to judge me, and also she's just so warm and kind and friendly.
It doesn't really feel like a serious therapy session. It feels like very familiar, and not like you're in an office, but like you're out having coffee with a friend, telling them all your problems.
With other therapists it was kind of like, all serious and cold, like there was some horrible serious thing happening.
I didn't tell other therapists as much as I tell Vanessa. She isn't judgmental and she knows how to ask questions. She'll ask me a question and I'll only answer a little bit, and then she'll ask me another question.
Vanessa is good at getting my parents to understand stuff.
She asked my mom to stop telling me adult stuff that could contribute to my anxiety.
She brought my father into therapy and just kind of drew stuff out of him and made him say all the stuff that he already felt but he'd never told me before. Like about how he doesn't expect me to be perfect, and other stuff like that.
She's really nice. She's helpful and doesn't make you feel judged.
She's really friendly and has a perky personality but not over the top.

MY REVIEW:
(You can find my full review on the Brooklin Natural Health Centre FB page and Vanessa Robson's FB page.)

Vanessa changed my daughter's life and mine. 

I found Vanessa when I was looking for a therapist for my daughter, who was suffering from a lesser known form of anxiety, a type of OCD known as "Pure Thought" Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. This is when someone keeps having all kinds of disturbing, frightening thoughts.
In the very first seconds of meeting Vanessa, I was blown away by her upbeat, fun, friendly energy and her amazing ability to connect with my daughter & get her talking. My daughter barely says anything around adults she doesn't know. But right away she felt comfortable telling Vanessa anything.
Before we started seeing Vanessa, we had tried two other therapists. One actually teaches other therapists & is quite famous. She charged $600 for our initial session and caused my daughter to feel like a deeply horrible person. The other therapist was fooled by my daughter's intelligent & articulate way of communicating. My daughter wanted to please her (and me) and did not confide some of the worst things worrying her.
Vanessa KNOWS how to communicate with children in a way that they relax, trust & like her & everything just flows out of them. Right away when my daughter started sessions with Vanessa, she started feeling happier & more hopeful about life. Her stress & despair decreased by 50%.
Before Vanessa, a typical day would be, my daughter would have fears about death every 5 minutes. When a naturopath, (Dr. Jonathan Prousky) started giving her vitamin B3, the constant horror lessened, but it was ONLY after working with Vanessa (for a very short time), that the fear thoughts went away for hours at a time. After a little while more working with Vanessa, my daughter's fear thoughts would only occur 4 or 5 times a day, then 2 or 3, and then, for a few months, none at all. We are confident that with Vanessa's help, she will be one of the children whose OCD is cured permanently.
I love the convenience of the Skype option!

I’ve had the pleasure of working with Vanessa and I am very grateful for the support and help she has given me in the past. She is open minded, great listener, and very encouraging. Vanessa has been someone that was able to help me cope with personal struggles and professional growth. With Vanessa it is easy to express yourself and feel as if you are speaking to someone who truly wants you to succeed. She is very knowledgeable, resourceful, and experienced to help improve ones mental health.

A genuine and kind-hearted person. She is extremely knowledgable in many areas and I felt comfortable right away. I would definitely recommend Vanessa to anyone looking for counselling or just to talk :)

Very helpful and knows her stuff